About David Colbourne...
David Colbourne has a life-time of experience in art and draws his inspiration from artists such as E.H. Shepherd and Patrick Benson. His latest assignment is a continuing project in a children's book series; Blazing Glory, creating the characters and bringing them to life in black and white line drawings, in the style of E.H. Shepherd. As well this David created colour portraits of the characters for the Blazing Glory web-site.
Prior to this project David worked producing cartoon strip drawings for various national newspapers. He also specialises in animal portraiture using watercolour. David uses his gift to encourage other budding artists by running private art classes as well as being a part-time teacher at Solihull College.
As an established artist in his own right David will be pleased to quote for one-off special commissions as well as ongoing projects for book illustrations.
